Formosan jewelwing
The Formosan jewelwing is a beautiful damselfly that lives only in Taiwan. The male has shiny metallic blue wings and a green body that glitters blue.
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Fun facts
Females have brown wings with a white spot near the tip.
Males sit on plants by the water and chase away any other males that come near.
To win a female, the male shows off his wings and the tip of his tail.
After mating, the male stays and guards the female while she lays her eggs under water plants.
Most asked questions about Formosan jewelwing
?Where does the Formosan jewelwing live?
Only in Taiwan, around shallow streams and lakes in low mountains.
?Is the Formosan jewelwing dangerous?
No. Damselflies have no sting and cannot hurt people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Matrona cyanoptera
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Calopterygidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Calopterygidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Matrona cyanoptera (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by 李奕寯. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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